Many congratulations
04.03.2026 23:00 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Many congratulations
04.03.2026 23:00 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0So delighted to be on the longlist for the @womensprize.bsky.social.
04.03.2026 14:43 β π 122 π 15 π¬ 25 π 3
Novelist Kit de Waal, a leading voice for working class writers, joins Dr Dan Taylor to discuss how to challenge the class ceiling.
www.mklitfest.org/online-event...
@kitdewaal.com @ouliterature.bsky.social
Many congratulations!!!
04.03.2026 22:57 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Richard Hell
04.03.2026 22:56 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The girlsβ school in Iran, where 165 people were killed by an apparent US-Israeli attack, was hit with two strikes, with the second missile killing sheltering survivors, two first responders and the parent of a slain child have told Middle East Eye.
04.03.2026 22:40 β π 659 π 438 π¬ 39 π 102Congratulations!
04.03.2026 22:51 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@irishlittimes.bsky.social
04.03.2026 18:51 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0It's no mere coincidence we will be discussing Tim O'Brien's masterpiece of prose The Things They Carried, at the closure to my American Short Story course tonight at the Irish Writers Centre (alongside A Manual for Cleaning Women β Lucia Berlin).
04.03.2026 17:52 β π 19 π 3 π¬ 1 π 1A man asked me last night what publishing needs to do for literary fiction to begin appealing to men again. I said, as nicely as I could, that, with over 2,000 books published every Tuesday, of which many would appeal to men, itβs not a publishing problem, itβs a men problem.
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π Meet the cast for the 2026 Spring Tour of Macbeth!
Garry Hynes directs 11 of Ireland's finest actors, led by Marty Rea as Macbeth and fellow Tony Award winner Marie Mullen as Lady Macbeth.
Tickets for Macbeth at druid.ie
Galway: 25 Marchβ5 April
Belfast: 16β19 April
Limerick: 23β25 April
Galway launch of A Hosting: Interviews with Irish Writers 1991-2025 with Sarah Kenny of @kennysbookshop.bsky.social @lilliputpress.bsky.social
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βPleading The Bellyβ by John O'Donnell is available to read now:
stingingfly.org/2026/03/04/p...
βAs I raised myself on my elbows, she lowered her head over me, just beneath my belly button. One hand stroked my skin, while her other hand held the receptacle below.β
Thanks, Books Ireland, and congratulations to all!
FOUR NIGHT SEAS is launching 19th March in Liber Bookshop, Sligo at 17:30.
I will be dressed in flowing robes and will be speaking in tongues for a portion of the launch. π₯π§
Congrats.
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Dirty Linen is now available to buy in the US. Here is a review by Geoffrey Cobb in the New York-based Irish Echo.
www.irishecho.com/2025/9/gut-w...
Two Irish authors on Womenβs Prize for Fiction longlist
Kit de Waal and Wendy Erskine nominated for award worth Β£30,000
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Saw King Kong as a very young boy and was smitten.
04.03.2026 09:49 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Sounds like a regular night at my writing group.
04.03.2026 09:47 β π 19 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Is my work never done?π
04.03.2026 09:24 β π 22 π 4 π¬ 2 π 1
Did you know the
@nlireland.bsky.social
houses original artworks by actual people who are still alive. If you get in touch you can view original art from #TheLatenightWritersClub which held safe and warm in their Illustration archives for all eternity
Thank you to the Belltable for being a super venue for the Festival. Wonderful to have all the events in one place and thanks to the staff for the smooth running of it all.
#LLF2026
I need to revisit. I remember the film being made at Trinity when I was studying there (Engineering - none of that Blake nonsense!).
03.03.2026 23:57 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A gothic castle in the transylvanian mountains. A great bear of a man, waring a stovepipe hat and carrying a cane: "Now that you are my bride, you will never leave this castle!" His new bride replies "Wow! Your library is amazing!" He continues "Beyond the castle is a high wall with no gate, and beyond that is a deep. Dark forest with no path." She pulls a volume from a great bookcase, "I suppose it's my library too, now we're married." He goes on "The forest is crawling with ravenous wolves, malignant birds and the spirits of long-dead travellers." Ignoring him, carrying a pile of hardbacks "So many books! I can't believe My luck!" He has sprouted wings, claws and cloven hoofs. "When the sun sets, I transform into a wild beast and soar into the night, seized by a terrible bloodlust!" She sits, examining her books as he flies out the window "Ok. I'll stay here and read. See you in the morning"
'Castle'
One of the limited-edition prints in my shop
www.tomgauld.com/shop
Looks stunning
03.03.2026 23:18 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0We could all be "dead 'appy".
03.03.2026 23:13 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Winner of the Kate O'Brien Award at @limericklitfest.bsky.social , published by @tramppress.bsky.social - Waterin the Desert, Fire in the Night from Gethan Dick - only β¬10 while stocks last!
thebookshop.ie/gethan-dick-...
Contentious Spaces Rosaleenβ―McDonaghβ―
βRosaleen McDonagh is a writer of huge and vivacious talent and this is a brilliant novel, so vivid and urgent and addictive.β β Kevin Barry
skeinpress.com/product/cont...
The Manchester Review
Rob Doyle, Cameo, reviewed by Edward Heathman
www.themanchesterreview.co.uk?p=13182
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